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Noun

1. The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

travel through space and time

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2. The continued progress of existence as affecting people and things.

things were getting better as time passed

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3. Time or an amount of time as reckoned by a conventional standard.

I told him what happened and he gave you an extension: it has to be in Washington by midnight our time.

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4. The personification of time, typically as an old man with a scythe and hourglass.

Yet Father Time may may yet catch up with the fiery Lancashireman.

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5. A point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon.

By this time the amount of noise I was making had woken the neighbours.

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6. A moment or definite portion of time allotted, used, or suitable for a purpose.

the scheduled departure time

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7. (often time for/to do something) The favourable or appropriate time to do something.

My university years were a time to rediscover the joys of the darkened cinema.

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8. (a time) An indefinite period.

travelling always distorts one's feelings for a time

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9. (also times) A portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances.

Victorian times

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10. (also times) The conditions of life during a particular period.

These are troubled times for Agassi on the court as well as off it.

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11. (Times) Used in names of newspapers.

A year ago, a Times Arts reporter endeavored to find out.

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12. (one's time) One's lifetime.

I have seen some terrible things in my time.

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13. (one's time) The successful, fortunate, or influential part of a person's life or career.

But he took the news well, in part because he knows his time will come soon.

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14. (one's time) The appropriate or expected time for something, in particular childbirth or death.

Ask the mother who has given birth to a child before time.

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15. An apprenticeship.

engineering officers traditionally served their time as fitters in the yards

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16. A period of menstruation or pregnancy.

To occupy her time, she had been thinking of writing a biography of her husband.

17. The normal rate of pay for time spent working.

if called out at the weekend they are paid time and a half

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18. The length of time taken to run a race or complete an event or journey.

Time for the 1, 500 meters was 1: 29.48.

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19. The moment at which the opening hours of a pub end.

the landlord called time

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20. short for "full time"

Klose's final goal came just seven minutes from time.

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21. A moment at which play stops temporarily within a game.

the umpire called time

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22. Time as allotted, available, or used.

we need more time

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23. A prison sentence.

Rumors were she would get about three years' jail time.

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24. An instance of something happening or being done; an occasion.

this is the first time I have got into debt

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25. An event, occasion, or period experienced in a particular way.

she was having a rough time of it

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26. (times) (following a number) expressing multiplication.

eleven times four is forty-four

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27. The rhythmic pattern of a piece of music, as expressed by a time signature.

In compound time, the beat unit is always a dotted note value.

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28. The tempo at which a piece of music is played or marked to be played.

Reels are written in 2/4 time.

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Verb

1. Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

the bomb had been timed to go off an hour later

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2. Perform (an action) at a particular moment.

Williams timed his pass perfectly from about thirty yards

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3. Measure the time taken by (a process or activity, or a person doing it)

I timed how long it took to empty that tanker

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Time out

1. (of an operation) be cancelled automatically because a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event happening.
2. (time something out, time out something) (of a computer or a program) cancel an operation automatically because a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event happening.

connections are timed out when they're not in use

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3. Time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies.

Learn to relax and enjoy quality time out of life's normal rat race.

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4. A brief break in play in a game or sport.

It was a close game, and the team had no timeouts left.

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5. A brief period of time during which a misbehaving child is put on their own so that they can regain control over their emotions.

He had been behaving since we got here, but had already been in time out once today.

6. A cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring.

Logged-in sessions have an automatic timeout as well.

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Origin

1. Old English tīma, of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal senses. The earliest of the current verb senses (dating from late Middle English) is ‘do (something) at a particular moment’.

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